Just a couple of simple points: 1. I currently pay $2/gal and $1 of that is tax 2. The US is over twice the size of Europe so that does present some barriers to public transportation. 3. Actually, I agree with you in principle, just wanted to make the above points.
Operator overloading is too easy to abuse because others won't necessarily understand what a + or - or x, etc. means. I think this post says it all:
-= cobnet -= wrote: > > Now I wonder why Java doesn't allow overriding of operator, because I think > it makes things a lot easier... > > For example... presume you have written a class Point() and that you test > this class: > Point p1 = new Point (2,3); > Point p2 = new Point (46,4); > Point p3 = new Point (5,8); > Point p4 = new Point (5,5); >//now tell me: > Point p = p1 + p2 + p3 +p4; >//is (to me) much clearer than: > Point p = p1.add((p2.add(p3)).add(p4); >// or even than: > Point [] pArray = { p2, p3, p4}; > Point p = p1.add(pArray); >// or isn't it?
It isn't. That seems to be a classic example of abusing operator overloading. Adding two points together makes absolutely no sense. If the intent is to create a collection of points, then a Collection should be used, along with the associated add() methods.
> > So what made java didn't allow this overriding of operators?? >
Use Netbeans. It has recently leapfrogged Eclipse in many areas (not to say that won't change) and the guys I work with say it is faster than Eclipse now in addition to the Refactoring, Swing Builder, etc. that it has.
The new 4.0 and 4.1 releases use ANT build files for all of their project information. They build and run JUnit tests as part of the project and the build process, and they come with a sweet profiler that even allows you to profile remotely. One of the neat things about the ANT based projects is anything that can use an ANT build script can build your project -- whether it be ANT itself, CruiseControl, Maven, Eclipse, etc.
The latest beta of 4.1 will even import Eclipse projects.
Also recently voted Developer.com Product of the Year 2005
To all those who argue that it isn't proved: You are correct. Nevertheless, just like Global Warming, there seems to be a trend. Shouldn't we take action on it and try and identify people who are borderline and will be affected by video games? Are there specific changes that can be made to games that will reduce the problem without compromising the games? As games get more realistic and people are exposed to them from a younger age, the percentage of people who will be adversely affected by them will grow. It only makes sense to work on a solution now.
...and it irritated me even more that retarded parents actually listened to the rating on the game.
Yea, because we all know that Slashdotters want the government to regulate what children see not their parents. Heaven forbid that parents use the rating system to determine what they allow their kids to look at!
My kids know that they can't play Teen games unless I individually approve them. If there is any question then they ask me and I say whether they can or not. If I can't evaluate it then they have to wait to play it until I can. (Security defaults to disallow)
I forget, what was your point again? Were you against using provided tools even if they were imperfect?
Or at least that is what all the posts are when the article is about violence in games. Now we have ~50 posts from people admitting that after playing too much they daydream/dream/fantisize about Tetris blocks and gibbing and jacking cars!
Actually, it only has to be a licensed electrician (generally) if you are hiring someone to do it. If you do it yourself (or have someone help you for free) it doesn't matter.
Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief' By Marc Morano CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer December 02, 2004
Washington (CNSNews.com) - An MIT meteorologist Wednesday dismissed alarmist fears about human induced global warming as nothing more than 'religious beliefs.'
"Do you believe in global warming? That is a religious question. So is the second part: Are you a skeptic or a believer?" said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, in a speech to about 100 people at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"Essentially if whatever you are told is alleged to be supported by 'all scientists,' you don't have to understand [the issue] anymore. You simply go back to treating it as a matter of religious belief," Lindzen said. His speech was titled, "Climate Alarmism: The Misuse of 'Science'" and was sponsored by the free market George C. Marshall Institute. Lindzen is a professor at MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Once a person becomes a believer of global warming, "you never have to defend this belief except to claim that you are supported by all scientists -- except for a handful of corrupted heretics," Lindzen added.
According to Lindzen, climate "alarmists" have been trying to push the idea that there is scientific consensus on dire climate change.
"With respect to science, the assumption behind the [alarmist] consensus is science is the source of authority and that authority increases with the number of scientists [who agree.] But science is not primarily a source of authority. It is a particularly effective approach of inquiry and analysis. Skepticism is essential to science -- consensus is foreign," Lindzen said.
Alarmist predictions of more hurricanes, the catastrophic rise in sea levels, the melting of the global poles and even the plunge into another ice age are not scientifically supported, Lindzen said.
"It leads to a situation where advocates want us to be afraid, when there is no basis for alarm. In response to the fear, they want us to do what they want," Lindzen said.
Recent reports of a melting polar ice cap were dismissed by Lindzen as an example of the media taking advantage of the public's "scientific illiteracy."
"The thing you have to remember about the Arctic is that it is an extremely variable part of the world," Lindzen said. "Although there is melting going [on] now, there has been a lot of melting that went on in the [19]30s and then there was freezing. So by isolating a section... they are essentially taking people's ignorance of the past," he added.
'Repetition makes people believe'
The climate change debate has become corrupted by politics, the media and money, according to Lindzen.
"It's a sad story, where you have scientists making meaningless or ambiguous statements [about climate change]. They are then taken by advocates to the media who translate the statements into alarmist declarations. You then have politicians who respond to all of this by giving scientists more money," Lindzen said.
"Agreement on anything is taken to infer agreement on everything. So if you make a statement that you agree that CO2 (carbon dioxide) is a greenhouse gas, you agree that the world is coming to an end," he added.
"There can be little doubt that the language used to convey alarm has been sloppy at best," Lindzen said, citing Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbles and his famous observation that even a lie will be believed if enough people repeat it. "There is little question that repetition makes people believe things [for] which there may be no basis," Lindzen said.
He believes the key to improving the science of climate change lies in altering the way scientists are funded.
'Alarm is the aim'
"The research and support for research depends on the alarm," Lindzen told CNSNews.com following his speech. "The research itself often is very good, but by the time it gets t
Actually, one reason to make people come to a public place and vote is to make sure that their vote isn't being coerced. If they could vote from home, what would stop the union boss from 'dropping by' during the election?
"keep in mind that their market is comprised of people stupid enough to pay for MSN dialup in the first-place!"
In QWest DSL land, MSN DSL is $10/month cheaper than any other DSL service. It is difficult to argue against $120/year when the service is about the same.
And Netbeans 4.0 uses ANT for it's project information; meaning that you can compile and deploy without your IDE and have it create nice JARs for you with all of the magic settings so that they are runnable from the command line.
Actually, it is consistantly ranked one of the top universities in the nation. It's Law and Managment schools in particular are internationally ranked. Here is some data from the Mariott School of Management: U N D E R G R A D U A T E
RANK
PROGRAM
SOURCE
3rd
Accounting
Public Accounting Report, 2003
36th
General Management
U.S. News & World Report, 2003
Specifically, IP that is licensed by Sun, but not owned by them. IBM's implementation of the JVM has similar issues. I can almost guarantee that is one of the largest impediments to opening the source.
Microsoft's JDBC driver, while one of the fastest, is also one of the crappiest. Try Inetsoftware's Merlia (just a happy customer) and you won't have that problem.
I have a few books that I own in Mobipocket format and the reader is huge! I want to convert them so I can read them in my preferred reader (Plucker). Anyone know of a program to do this?
How many people out there use java in their web based apps that interface with a database server backend?
My teams do
What platforms do you use for development?
Windows
What Dbs do you use?
MSSQL
What web server?
Apache/Tomcat
Why?
Because all of our server side programs are written in Java. We deploy to both windows and Linux, Java has increased our productivity over C++, performance is on par with C++ for our systems (sometimes slower, sometimes faster), it means we have one technology for web and programming, we like WebStart for internal apps, etc.
Before anyone asks, we have been doing this since 2000 so C# wasn't even an option.
Inquiring minds want to check your java intake and output
I had to do this with a CD last year because of some old CD players we have at home. I e-mailed Sen. Hatch about it and explained in detail what I had to do and why I had to do it. I then pointed out that the music industry was 'forcing' me to make copies of their CDs in order to be able to use what I had paid for. I also told him that I copy every single computer CD that I get and only use the copies so that my originals won't get ruined. I would do the same with DVDs if I could. I don't steal software, but I copy everything I have. Luckily, I pointed out, I am knowledgeable enough to get around all of these copy protection schemes; but most people aren't and it is illegal for me to help them.
Everyone should write their congresscritters and legislators about their experiences like this so that they will be more aware of the problem. Be a squeaky wheel.
You are now going to the other extreme. You want me to filter what my kid sees at school when the city or county (particularly at school)is in charge of them. How is that supposed to work?
This puts a TOOL in parent's hands so that they can raise their children as they see fit. This is NOT big brother. Any parent who wants their children to have access to these games can and any parent who doesn't want their children to have access is given assurances that the store will not go against their wishes.
Good grief people, think about this a little before jumping on the CENSORSHIP/TAKING AWAY MY RIGHTS/HELP, HELP I'M BEING OPPRESSED! bandwagon.
Slashdot Mirror
Just a couple of simple points:
1. I currently pay $2/gal and $1 of that is tax
2. The US is over twice the size of Europe so that does present some barriers to public transportation.
3. Actually, I agree with you in principle, just wanted to make the above points.
Operator overloading is too easy to abuse because others won't necessarily understand what a + or - or x, etc. means. I think this post says it all:
//now tell me: //is (to me) much clearer than: // or even than: // or isn't it?
-= cobnet -= wrote:
>
> Now I wonder why Java doesn't allow overriding of operator, because I think
> it makes things a lot easier...
>
> For example... presume you have written a class Point() and that you test
> this class:
> Point p1 = new Point (2,3);
> Point p2 = new Point (46,4);
> Point p3 = new Point (5,8);
> Point p4 = new Point (5,5);
>
> Point p = p1 + p2 + p3 +p4;
>
> Point p = p1.add((p2.add(p3)).add(p4);
>
> Point [] pArray = { p2, p3, p4};
> Point p = p1.add(pArray);
>
It isn't. That seems to be a classic example of abusing operator
overloading. Adding two points together makes absolutely no sense. If
the intent is to create a collection of points, then a Collection should
be used, along with the associated add() methods.
>
> So what made java didn't allow this overriding of operators??
>
A plethora of code similar to your example.
Jim S.
..and expects to start shooting Postal sometime next year...
Ha Ha
Someone worked hard to get that sentance into FTA.
Use Netbeans. It has recently leapfrogged Eclipse in many areas (not to say that won't change) and the guys I work with say it is faster than Eclipse now in addition to the Refactoring, Swing Builder, etc. that it has.
The new 4.0 and 4.1 releases use ANT build files for all of their project information. They build and run JUnit tests as part of the project and the build process, and they come with a sweet profiler that even allows you to profile remotely. One of the neat things about the ANT based projects is anything that can use an ANT build script can build your project -- whether it be ANT itself, CruiseControl, Maven, Eclipse, etc.
The latest beta of 4.1 will even import Eclipse projects.
Also recently voted Developer.com Product of the Year 2005
To all those who argue that it isn't proved:
You are correct.
Nevertheless, just like Global Warming, there seems to be a trend. Shouldn't we take action on it and try and identify people who are borderline and will be affected by video games? Are there specific changes that can be made to games that will reduce the problem without compromising the games? As games get more realistic and people are exposed to them from a younger age, the percentage of people who will be adversely affected by them will grow. It only makes sense to work on a solution now.
...and it irritated me even more that retarded parents actually listened to the rating on the game.
Yea, because we all know that Slashdotters want the government to regulate what children see not their parents. Heaven forbid that parents use the rating system to determine what they allow their kids to look at!
My kids know that they can't play Teen games unless I individually approve them. If there is any question then they ask me and I say whether they can or not. If I can't evaluate it then they have to wait to play it until I can. (Security defaults to disallow)
I forget, what was your point again? Were you against using provided tools even if they were imperfect?
Or at least that is what all the posts are when the article is about violence in games. Now we have ~50 posts from people admitting that after playing too much they daydream/dream/fantisize about Tetris blocks and gibbing and jacking cars!
Hmmm.
Maybe we should rethink violence in video games.
Citizen, you have revealed too much.
Go here or here for re-education.
Remember, the Computer is your friend.
Actually, it only has to be a licensed electrician (generally) if you are hiring someone to do it. If you do it yourself (or have someone help you for free) it doesn't matter.
Meteorologist Likens Fear of Global Warming to 'Religious Belief'
... they are essentially taking people's ignorance of the past," he added.
By Marc Morano
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
December 02, 2004
Washington (CNSNews.com) - An MIT meteorologist Wednesday dismissed alarmist fears about human induced global warming as nothing more than 'religious beliefs.'
"Do you believe in global warming? That is a religious question. So is the second part: Are you a skeptic or a believer?" said Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor Richard Lindzen, in a speech to about 100 people at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.
"Essentially if whatever you are told is alleged to be supported by 'all scientists,' you don't have to understand [the issue] anymore. You simply go back to treating it as a matter of religious belief," Lindzen said. His speech was titled, "Climate Alarmism: The Misuse of 'Science'" and was sponsored by the free market George C. Marshall Institute. Lindzen is a professor at MIT's Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences.
Once a person becomes a believer of global warming, "you never have to defend this belief except to claim that you are supported by all scientists -- except for a handful of corrupted heretics," Lindzen added.
According to Lindzen, climate "alarmists" have been trying to push the idea that there is scientific consensus on dire climate change.
"With respect to science, the assumption behind the [alarmist] consensus is science is the source of authority and that authority increases with the number of scientists [who agree.] But science is not primarily a source of authority. It is a particularly effective approach of inquiry and analysis. Skepticism is essential to science -- consensus is foreign," Lindzen said.
Alarmist predictions of more hurricanes, the catastrophic rise in sea levels, the melting of the global poles and even the plunge into another ice age are not scientifically supported, Lindzen said.
"It leads to a situation where advocates want us to be afraid, when there is no basis for alarm. In response to the fear, they want us to do what they want," Lindzen said.
Recent reports of a melting polar ice cap were dismissed by Lindzen as an example of the media taking advantage of the public's "scientific illiteracy."
"The thing you have to remember about the Arctic is that it is an extremely variable part of the world," Lindzen said. "Although there is melting going [on] now, there has been a lot of melting that went on in the [19]30s and then there was freezing. So by isolating a section
'Repetition makes people believe'
The climate change debate has become corrupted by politics, the media and money, according to Lindzen.
"It's a sad story, where you have scientists making meaningless or ambiguous statements [about climate change]. They are then taken by advocates to the media who translate the statements into alarmist declarations. You then have politicians who respond to all of this by giving scientists more money," Lindzen said.
"Agreement on anything is taken to infer agreement on everything. So if you make a statement that you agree that CO2 (carbon dioxide) is a greenhouse gas, you agree that the world is coming to an end," he added.
"There can be little doubt that the language used to convey alarm has been sloppy at best," Lindzen said, citing Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbles and his famous observation that even a lie will be believed if enough people repeat it. "There is little question that repetition makes people believe things [for] which there may be no basis," Lindzen said.
He believes the key to improving the science of climate change lies in altering the way scientists are funded.
'Alarm is the aim'
"The research and support for research depends on the alarm," Lindzen told CNSNews.com following his speech. "The research itself often is very good, but by the time it gets t
Actually, one reason to make people come to a public place and vote is to make sure that their vote isn't being coerced. If they could vote from home, what would stop the union boss from 'dropping by' during the election?
There isn't a reason. Nerds just don't get bush.
"keep in mind that their market is comprised of people stupid enough to pay for MSN dialup in the first-place!"
In QWest DSL land, MSN DSL is $10/month cheaper than any other DSL service. It is difficult to argue against $120/year when the service is about the same.
Ranbato
And Netbeans 4.0 uses ANT for it's project information; meaning that you can compile and deploy without your IDE and have it create nice JARs for you with all of the magic settings so that they are runnable from the command line.
Don't forget that putty also has built-in Nethack support! Does this version keep it so I can play from my phone?
Actually, it is consistantly ranked one of the top universities in the nation. It's Law and Managment schools in particular are internationally ranked. Here is some data from the Mariott School of Management:
U N D E R G R A D U A T E
RANK
PROGRAM
SOURCE
3rd
Accounting
Public Accounting Report, 2003
36th
General Management
U.S. News & World Report, 2003
G R A D U A T E
RANK
PROGRAM
SOURCE
1st
MBA (payback)
Business Week, 2002
17th
MBA
Forbes, 2003
World 26th
MBA
The Wall Street Journal, 2003
29th
MBA
U.S. News & World Report, 2003
World 75th
MBA
Financial Times, 2004
3rd
MAcc
Public Accounting Report, 2003
57th
MPA
U.S. News & World Report, 2001
33rd
Entrepreneur
Success, 2001
Specifically, IP that is licensed by Sun, but not owned by them. IBM's implementation of the JVM has similar issues.
I can almost guarantee that is one of the largest impediments to opening the source.
Microsoft's JDBC driver, while one of the fastest, is also one of the crappiest. Try Inetsoftware's Merlia (just a happy customer) and you won't have that problem.
Is that because of the subject or because Michael (hope that kidney was worth it) posted it?
I have a few books that I own in Mobipocket format and the reader is huge! I want to convert them so I can read them in my preferred reader (Plucker). Anyone know of a program to do this?
Mr. Competence
How many people out there use java in their web based apps that interface with a database server backend?
My teams do
What platforms do you use for development?
Windows
What Dbs do you use?
MSSQL
What web server?
Apache/Tomcat
Why?
Because all of our server side programs are written in Java. We deploy to both windows and Linux, Java has increased our productivity over C++, performance is on par with C++ for our systems (sometimes slower, sometimes faster), it means we have one technology for web and programming, we like WebStart for internal apps, etc.
Before anyone asks, we have been doing this since 2000 so C# wasn't even an option.
Inquiring minds want to check your java intake and output
I had to do this with a CD last year because of some old CD players we have at home. I e-mailed Sen. Hatch about it and explained in detail what I had to do and why I had to do it. I then pointed out that the music industry was 'forcing' me to make copies of their CDs in order to be able to use what I had paid for.
I also told him that I copy every single computer CD that I get and only use the copies so that my originals won't get ruined. I would do the same with DVDs if I could. I don't steal software, but I copy everything I have. Luckily, I pointed out, I am knowledgeable enough to get around all of these copy protection schemes; but most people aren't and it is illegal for me to help them.
Everyone should write their congresscritters and legislators about their experiences like this so that they will be more aware of the problem. Be a squeaky wheel.
You are now going to the other extreme. You want me to filter what my kid sees at school when the city or county (particularly at school)is in charge of them. How is that supposed to work?
Mark
Haven't they heard of IP addresses?
.314159
Guess I will get
This puts a TOOL in parent's hands so that they can raise their children as they see fit. This is NOT big brother. Any parent who wants their children to have access to these games can and any parent who doesn't want their children to have access is given assurances that the store will not go against their wishes.
Good grief people, think about this a little before jumping on the CENSORSHIP/TAKING AWAY MY RIGHTS/HELP, HELP I'M BEING OPPRESSED! bandwagon.
Mark